Assigning vDisks to target devices

July 2, 2018

A vDisk can be assigned to a single target device or to all devices within a target device collection. If a target device has more than one vDisk assigned to it, a list of vdisks displays at boot time allowing the user to select the appropriate vDisk to boot.

If one or more versions exist for a vDisk, the version target devices use in Production is either the highest numbered production version or an override version. For details refer to ‘Accessing a vDisk Version’ in the Administrator’s Guide. For Maintenance and Test devices, the State of any non-production versions are labeled.

A vDisk cannot be assigned to a target device using drag-and-drop if that target device was assigned a personal vDisks using the XenDesktop Wizard. A message dialog displays if a vDisk is dragged and dropped onto a collection that contains one or more target devices that use personal vDisks. The dialog provides the option to continue by acknowledging that the vDisk being assigned will only be assigned to those devices that are not currently assigned a personal vDisk. Also, target devices that use personal vDisks cannot inherit the properties of a target device that doesn’t use a personal vDisk (copy/paste). To reassign a vDisk to a target device that uses a personal vDisk, see Configure target devices that use personal vDisks.

Assigning vDisks to a target device

vDisks can be assigned to a single target device using:

Drag-and-drop

Target Device Properties dialog

To assign a vDisk, using drag-and-drop, to one or all target devices within a collection:

In the Console tree, expand the vDisk Pool within a given site or expand Stores to display the vDisk to be assigned in the right pane of the window.

Left-click and hold the mouse on the vDisk, then drag and drop it onto the target device or onto the collection.

To assign one or more vDisks to a single target device from the Target Device Properties dialog:

In the Console tree, expand the Device Collections folder, then click on the collection folder where this target device is a member. The target device displays in the details pane.